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Thank you! This is encouraging and as I’m reading it I’m like you know what, me too! Terrible self talk lately. My recent ex was like flirting around for a long time and that took a huge dent from my ...

Yes, I’ve had the same experience with stuttering. Over the years there have been times it has been severe and others where it hardly happened. Those times I was not stuttering much, I did notice that...

Im 44yo with a life long stutter and I blink and avoid eye contact alot when I'm having a bad day.. but if I focus enough and slow down to a robotic speech pattern,I can control it. Hope it works ou...

A lot of actors/singers/rappers have managed to do it. I can’t speak for everyone but personally my confidence plays a huge role on how fluent I can be. Childhood stutter a lot, teen years honestly wa...

just some ranting

just some ranting **In my opinion:** We know that stuttering is neurological. In my opinion, these actions lead to neurological overactivation on brain scans: * immersing in being stuck and not ab...

I have a similar mindset too. I don't have good genetics at all - average looks, stutter, and baldness. I definitely not want more of me out there in the world, potentially suffering the same things I...

I Hold Back Until My Censor Approved What I Have To Say

I Hold Back Until My Censor Approved What I Have To Say *I remember clearly when I was a little boy my mother did not like that I cursed. She hated it. So everytime I curse while talking she yelled at...

My mum always used to tell me when I was a kid that everyone has at least 1 something wrong with them. You will not find anyone who doesn’t have some sort of a problem. For us it just happens to be a ...

Do you find it easy to open up about stuttering?

Do you find it easy to open up about stuttering? Want to understand people’s take on opening up about stuttering. Is it something that you find easy to talk about or is it an insecurity / vulnerabilit...

This might be a hard pill to swallow but if you’re stutter is still apparent at your age there’s a good chance it’ll stick with your for the rest of your life, that does not mean with the same severit...

Its not getting worse. You're doing what they call self fulfilling prophecy. You're worrying too much and its making you stutter which makes you worry more about stuttering until a wreck. Stutters can...

24yrs of stuttering and I’ve never heard of such an awareness day...

Hi, I am 18 (male) and have had stutters my entire life. I normally have a block, on certain words, so I guess you could say its pretty mild. Something that I realised is that stuttering happens in pe...

Dangerous outlook you have there. I know because when I was young I thought the same thing, and went with the first woman that would have me because I thought it was my only chance to be with someone ...

I’ve never met or spoken to a fellow stutter before. But I’ve always wanted to.

I’ve never met or spoken to a fellow stutter before. But I’ve always wanted to. I’ve had a stutter for as long as I can remember. I’m 25 now. Some days are very bearable. Some days are a struggle. Eit...

I have experienced everything you just laid out. Reading your post brought back a wave of emotions. What helped me was to get good at something that doesn’t require speaking. Practicing a sport, be...

I posted this the other day on this sub, I hope this gives you a little perspective. I’ve been there, I hated everything about high school and college thanks to my stutter. Slowly, it just got better...

Yes...but I couldn't articulate that. One of the side effects of my stutter has been that I lose my train of thought when I get conscious of my stutter. Started taking SSRI last year and honestly, it ...

Fear of Incompetence

Fear of Incompetence I’ve been stuttering since the third grade and I have always maintained the perception of being the one in class with all the intellect. With that maintenance comes the expectatio...

People think what they will. Most people are too busy thinking about themselves to even form an opinion of a stutter. I announce that I am a person who stutters at first meeting. They can think what ...